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It has taken a little longer than usual, but we finally have numbers from VBS 2012. Yep, you read it correctly - 2012.
We always run a year behind in the numbers department to allow time for every church to submit there VBS data. For 2012 a total of 28,187 churches and missions reported hosting either a traditional VBS, and Backyard Kids Club, a mission VBS, or a combination of all three. This is a tremendous increase of 3,246 more Bible schools than 2011, and the largest number of schools ... Continue Reading

The summer is beginning to wind down, but that hasn't slowed down the photo-sharing! Many churches are still in the midst of VBS, so the pictures just keep coming! Big church or little church, it's really cool to see how God uses VBS in so many different ways to convey one simple message: Jesus saves. I'm so excited to share another round of VBS 2012 photos with you!
If you'd like to share your VBS photos and stores, post them to our Facebook page, or send them to ... Continue Reading

VBS is always fun at our small church and somewhat a bit challenging. For the last 9 years our church has been meeting in a local middle school. We usually run anywhere from 150-250 in Sunday worship. So that means space and volunteers can be somewhat limiting. But God is faithful and each year we have exactly what we need to host an amazing VBS experience for our community (we have babies through adult classes).
This year I led the fourth grade class using the AWA curriculum. It was amazing ... Continue Reading

VBS season is in full swing & while all of you have been gearing up for VBS in your churches, all of us on the VBS team have been doing the same thing! It is so wonderful to get to experience VBS "from the trenches"... not as a job but as Kingdom work! I taught kindergartners this year… 31 of them, in fact! Out of those 31, only 7 were from my church. VBS really is an incredible outreach tool!
This year, my church tried something a little bit different. We added a second worship rally to ... Continue Reading